Questions tagged [linux-mint]
Linux Mint is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu aiming to be more usable out-of-the-box
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How can I fix/install/reinstall grub?
So I started out with a 250GB HDD, the stock drive from an EeePC 1015pem that I am trying to turn into a MintBook. The drive is physically operable, but all data has been nuked, including the old OS. ...
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Bluetooth Pairing on Dual Boot of Windows & Linux Mint/Ubuntu - Stop having to Pair Devices
When dual booting Windows 7/10 and Linux Mint/Ubuntu, you may find yourself having to re-pair your Bluetooth devices again and again. This will happen every time you switch OS.
Now, how do you ...
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Cannot boot Linux Mint after installing Windows (First) and Linux Mint (Second)
I can't boot my Linux Mint after installation of Windows. First I installed Windows and then installed Linux Mint with the option of "Install along with windows". But after I completed the Mint ...
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Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 - In what file are the keyboard shortcuts saved?
In what file are the keyboard shortcuts saved in Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 ?
I want to backup the shortcuts so if I know the file where the shortcuts are saved, I can simply create a symlink to the ...
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Map Caps Lock to Control in Linux Mint
I am running the latest version of Linux Mint with Cinnamon. I'm trying to map Caps Lock to Ctrl, but I cannot figure out how to do it. All web searches I've done have led me to older versions of ...
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What's eating my disk space?
I'm running Linux Mint 14 Nadia. The Linux partition has 10G. When the system starts, du reports 80% usage. Then the usage slowly grows until it reaches 100% and the system becomes unusable. (It ...
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Connecting Linux Mint to WiFi network
I just installed Linux Mint 17 (MATE) on an old laptop and everything works amazing, however I can't seem to get it to connect to my WiFi network. All my other computers can get access, plus, before ...
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How to install the latest Nvidia drivers on Linux Mint
I have a Linux Mint 20.0 (Ulyana) Cinnamon, which is Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) based.
Also tested and valid for Linux Mint 21.1 (Vera) Cinnamon, which is Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) based.
GPU: NVIDIA, GeForce ...
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Disabling IPv6 on Mint and Debian
How does one disable IPv6 completely (for all interfaces, resp. for the whole machine?
Keep in mind, I don't want any kind of GUI solution.
OS in question:
Linux Mint 18.x Cinnamon 64-bit
GNU/Linux ...
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Set volume from terminal
Is it possible to set the audio volume using the terminal instead of clicking the speaker icon in the top bar?
The reason I want to do this is that my keyboard does not have volume increase/decrease ...
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Convert Amazon .pem key to Putty .ppk key Linux
I have generated and downloaded a private .pem key from AWS. However, to use Putty in order to connect to the virtual machine, I must have that key in .ppk format. The process of conversion is ...
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What exactly is MOK in Linux for?
Upon installing Nvidia drivers I was promoted to set up a MOK password or third party drivers may not work properly, so I created one. After reboot I was presented with a blue MOK management screen ...
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Separate workspaces on each monitor
I recently switched to a new PC at work, one with two (identical, Dell 23") monitors. I'm running Linux Mint 15 64bit / Cinnamon. Is there a way to set it up in such a way that, instead of both ...
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How to change boot logo in linux mint
I want to change my Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon boot image manually.
So, I replaced the image located at:
/lib/plymouth/themes/mint-logo/logo.png
with mine.
The logo changes at shutdown but not at boot....
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Bonding wired and wireless while using Network Manager
I'm running Linux Mint 17.3 on my laptop. When docked, I'm connected via Ethernet, but when I undock, I'd like not to break my ssh sessions, ongoing downloads, etc., and to use the same IP address on ...
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How do I enable auto-login in Mint 18?
Mint 18.2 64b
Cinnamon 3.4.3
This is running in a VM on my machine so I'm not worried about login security. I've been looking around on the Mint forums and only found a lot of threads about ...
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What command does nemo use to mount drives
I use Linux Mint Cinnamon. I'd like to know what command does nemo use to mount drives when you click on an unmounted drive on the explorer sidebar.
I am asking because I need to automount some ...
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Mount an existing RAID 1 Logical Volume after OS upgrade
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to Mint 16. The installer did not detect my existing RAID 1 array, and I can't access it anymore.
My drives are:
SDA - First RAID Disk
SDB - Second RAID Disk
SDC - ...
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Grub rescue error [duplicate]
I was using Linux mint and windows 10 together(in different partitions). Few months I was using freely. Today I got a message in windows 10(new updates available or shutdown and update) then, I ...
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Does Linux Mint have /etc/debian_version?
I am trying to write a script which works based on the knowledge that each Linux Mint release was based on a particular Ubuntu release.
However, I do not want to install Linux Mint to verify that, ...
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gnome-terminal do not start
I faced the problem when terminal do not start. I have look at related issue when locale do not supported. I have tried to update it, regenerate it - nothing help. Finally I have found next error ...
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Execute a command before shutdown
I want to execute a simple command just before the computer shuts down (timing is not essential).
For startup, I can use /etc/rc.local; is there something similar for shutdown?
Note that I would ...
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How can I get an alert when my battery is about to die in Linux Mint?
This happens to me more than I'd like to admit, but sometimes I don't notice the power getting low since it only shows up in my status bar, then the computer just quits. I'd like a big alert that ...
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How to update expired Skype signing key
Yesterday, I received signature expired:
Err:24 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG 1F3045A5DF7587C3 Skype Linux ...
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How do I set default brightness after boot?
Linux Mint 12 (64bit), on an Acer Aspire 7730g. Upon every boot, the screen brightness is set very very low. Easily fixed via the function keys, but still a very annoying thing to do after every boot. ...
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Slow performance when copying files to and from USB devices
When I copy files to and from USB devices (camera, HDD, memory card) my system becomes very slow. For example if I want to close a window I move the mouse but it takes about 2 seconds or more before ...
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How to get transparent drive or folder compression for Ext4 partition used by Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint?
I know of the following transparent drive compressions on other operating systems:
MS-DOS 6.22 Doublespace (configured by autoexec.bat or config.sys)
Windiws XP/7: Drive Compression (configured by ...
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Two linux distributions, grub does not detect other one
I have two linux distributions installed on my PC, linux Mint and Debian, both having separate boot partitions and both are installed on luks encrypted volumes. Debian was installed first, then I ...
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Mint login screen: wrong keyboard layout
After installing Mint 15 / updating to Mint 17, I'm unable to log in using the GUI login screen and German localisation with a password containing special characters. Changing the language using the ...
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Linux Mint 18 suspend issue
After fresh installation of Linux Mint 18 64-bit, when I try to suspend screen goes black and system does not suspend (and power led stays on).
Preinstalled kernel with Linux Mint 18 is 4.4.0-21
I ...
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archive.ubuntu.com missing raring-updates
My Linux Mint 15 install on VirtualBox was working great up until about two days ago, when the updater started throwing a ton of errors and refuses to progress with any apt-get update, apt-get install,...
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Partition mounted noexec even though not specified in /etc/fstab
I'm using Linux Mint 12. There I have several partitions which I auto-mount on startup. pysdm says that /dev/sda6 should permit execution of binaries. Also the /etc/fstab says it should.
/dev/sda7 /...
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wpa_supplicant nl80211 hangs linux mint frequently
My Linux Mint system (17 Cinnamon, lenovo g565) hangs up frequently during work (say, 2-4 times a day). It may look different - white screen, black screen, screen freeze.
Checking syslog after hangs ...
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Enabling apt repository priority in LMDE
I want to set up apt repository priority ordering in Linux Mint Debian Edition 2012.04. In /etc/apt/preferences the order should be: LMDE -> Debian testing -> Debian unstable. In other words, I almost ...
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How to set an icon for custom mimetype in Linux Mint Mate?
I'm using Linux Mint 17.2 MATE
I have a problem assigning an icon for custom (newly created) file type.
My task:
To set new double-click action and new icon for *.session files.
My sequence of ...
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Installing Linux Mint on Windows-Ubuntu Dual Boot
I currently have an Ubuntu-Windows Dual boot. However, I would like to try out a new OS so I burned Linux Mint to a USB stick.
I would like to install Linux Mint and remove Ubuntu while still ...
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No HDMI Audio Output - APLAY does not detect NVIDIA GPU
When plugging my home cinema setup into a new HP Omen 15 with Linux Mint 18.2, there is no option to set audio output to HDMI, despite the video signal working fine.
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How to automaticaly enter sudo's grace period upon login
Knowing that giving a user a sudo's grace period right from the point when he/she login might be a security issue, I still think it will be a beneficial trade-off between security and usability in my ...
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What is the command-line equivalent to 'mintupdate' for Linux Mint?
Linux Mint has a nice GUI-based Update Manager with selectable update tiers. The defaults are for levels 1 through 3 our of a possible 5 levels. However, I often handle administrative tasks for a ...
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How to extend root partition
As you can see from the figure below I have 19.34gb unallocated space. I want this space to be added to my root partition sda11. How can I do that? I read few posts related to this but some of them ...
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USB boot install Linux not recognizing disk space
There seem to be similar questions here, here and here but with no confirmed answer, and no answer that addresses my situation satisfactorily.
Update: I've deleted Windows and reset BIOS factory ...
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Virtualbox: OS cannot use the new extended disk space (.vdi)
I am running Virtualbox. I increased the size of my hard disk (.vdi) from 10G to 15G. Now when I start my Mint vm, the hard disk reports as 7.5g (df) even though i extended it (fdisk -l). I am not ...
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Linux Mint not recognising free space created by Windows 10 shrink
I have Windows 10 installed on my HP laptop, and since I'm starting to do some programming, I decided I'd like to get Linux on it too by creating a partition.
I used the Windows tool to shrink C down ...
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How to create a bootable Windows usb from Linux Mint?
I have a Windows 7 iso file which I wish to burn into a usb to make it bootable. I tried with the Disks utility "Restore Disk Image" and it copied the iso files into the drive but it didn't make it ...
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How to switch nvidia driver from "nouveau" to nvidia proprietary
i'm using Linux Mint.
I recently updated my workstation, and from this moment, my drivers went nuts. I was working fine before, with the nvidia-361 drivers, and, when i finished my updates, and after ...
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Linux Mint: How to enable cryptswap with custom password?
When you want to use hibernation and you care for security, you'd like to have the swap encrypted. But not with the random password, chosen for you at startup, but with a fixed one, supplied by you at ...
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After reinstalling Linux Mint, Windows 7 does not boot
Final edit: I tried each and every single fix on the question, but I ended up just restoring an image I made a year ago of the freshly installed system using clonezilla. After that, I ran rescatux to ...
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Mint boot error (ima: Error Communicating to TPM chip)
I was using Linux for a days. I turn on my laptop few minutes ago. Then, I was trying to open Unity. Unfortunately, I was getting lot of errors like I am unable to get things from assets or some other ...
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How to check disks at startup (alternative to chkdsk c: /f on Windows) [duplicate]
How to check my two disks at startup (they're in BIOS RAID 1)?
I am on Linux Mint 17.2.
computer user # blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="6042-870C" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="2ef42e6f-4987-46e5-aca9-...
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How can I merge unallocated hard disk space to my linux partition?
I am currently dualbooted between Windows 8 and Linux Mint 18
Using GParted, I see this following:
The selection partition is unallocated for a size of 25 GB, I would like to merge this with my dev/...
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